MARIO DRAGHI DOMINATES TUSK AND JUNCKER: Research firm Media Tenor finds the ECB president’s visibility dominates others in the top batch of EU institutional leaders, largely due to TV news featuring him more often. http://politi.co/1Ux6bEx

BORIS DOMINATES THE BREXIT DEBATE: The former London mayor campaigning for a Brexit was quoted three times as often as Prime Minister David Cameron in May. http://politi.co/1Pg8Ykb

GERMANS DOMINATE LIST OF MEPs IN MEDIA: Media Tenor found populists dominated MEP media coverage. The most visible MEPs after Parliament President Martin Schulz were Marine Le Pen, Matteo Salvini and Nigel Farage. Of the top 17 MEPs who gained the most media coverage in the first five months of the year, 12 were German. 10 of the 17 listed in this research were members of POLITICO’s EP40 list of top MEPs. http://politi.co/1UcHukY

EU’S PITCH TO AFRICA: WE PAY, THEY STAY … The European Commission Tuesday launched another boost to its response to the migration crisis, with proposals to spend billions of euros in Africa to stem migration flows. Modeled on its Turkey deal, the Commission will pay to keep refugees at home where possible and streamline legal entry options for those (preferably skilled) individual who do attempt to come to Europe. The Commission said it would put as much as €8 billion toward the effort over the next five years.

The Commission plans to punish countries who don’t support its effort: “We propose to use a mix of positive and negative incentives to reward those third countries willing to cooperate effectively with us and to ensure that there are consequences for those who do not,” said Frans Timmermans. Federica Mogherini, the EU’s foreign policy chief, told MEPs the rest of the world also has a bill to pay: “This is not only an issue for Europe … It is a global phenomenon.” Jacopo Barigazzi and Tara Palmeri http://politi.co/1UDxQGD

**A message from the EPP group: The European Fund for Strategic Investments is a success that needs to continue beyond its projected duration. Already around 250 transactions have been approved in 26 Member States, mobilising €100 billion in total investment. Today, the EPP Group MEPs will review the Juncker plan for growth and jobs. #reform2grow**

SHOW US THE MONEY: Leaders of the Parliament’s main political groups welcomed the proposal but expressed doubts about whether EU member countries would chip in much financially to fund the effort. Manfred Weber of the center-right European People’s Party, and Gianni Pittella from the Socialists and Democrats, said governments need to put their money where their mouths are. Weber pointed to the fact that governments gave just €82 million of a promised €1.8 billion to the Africa trust fund, agreed in November 2015, with a very similar objective.

DÉJÀ-VU? YES, THIS IS THE ‘THREE Ms’ REINVENTED: If yesterday’s EU offer to its neighbors sounded familiar, that’s because it was. Back in 2011 in the hopeful aftermath of the Arab Spring, the EU also had a deal for Africa and the Middle East: money, mobility and market access. The talk was all about EIB loans, “mobility partnerships” and “progressive integration of the economies of these partners into the EU single market.” There’s little to show for those ideas five years later. A drawn-out war in Syria and people smuggling operations that fund ISIL managed to weave their way through the three Ms. The key question the Commission will need to answer: Why is this time different? Take a trip down memory lane here: http://bit.ly/1TXVz7B

INTERNAL COMMISSION POWER SHIFT ON MIGRATION: EU diplomats said the new investment fund is likely to be run by Commission Vice President Jyrki Katainen — who also oversees a similar fund aimed at boosting infrastructure projects in Europe— rather than by Dimitris Avramopoulos, the EU migration commissioner. Details are still to follow.

A BONE FOR HIGHLY-SKILLED MIGRANTS: The Commission on Tuesday also announced a reform of rules for legal migration, with a review of the so-called “EU Blue Card scheme” that is expected to make it easier and more attractive for highly skilled third-country nationals to work legally in Europe.

ECJ — ILLEGAL MIGRANTS CANNOT BE JAILED: The European Court of Justice ruled Tuesday that imprisonment of deporting migrants is against EU law. The ECJ was ruling in the case of Selina Affum, a Ghanian woman who was apprehended by French police as she tried to make her way from Belgium to the U.K. using someone else’s passport. Judges said the directive gives the migrant a chance to go home voluntarily before the use of forced removal measures, if necessary. http://politi.co/1UnHn29

DIESELGATE — A ONE-STOP REPUTATION WRECKING SHOP: Virtually everyone looks worse with each new day of revelations and accusations around how car companies came to misrepresent the emissions from their vehicles. This point was reinforced by European Commissioner Elżbieta Bienkowska trying to have her cake and eat it with ministers yesterday. While Bienkowska has called for compensation for victims, she’s less willing to admit the Commission is part of the problem. In criticizing regulators and companies, Bienkowska said: “The law from my perspective is clear enough. Defeat devices are clearly banned by EU law and can only be used in exceptional circumstances.”

On exceptional circumstances: It seems to Playbook that if something is banned, it should not be “used in exceptional circumstances,” because a ban means ‘no.’ The semantics matter. Here’s how Playbook sees things.

The Commission: Wants credit for being green via tight emissions standards, while overlooking that it helped create the current systemic problems by proposing loopholes in the standards, and ignoring warning signals provided by its own agencies.

National governments and regulators: Have been poor enforcers of the EU law, sometimes in ways that advantaged home-grown car manufacturers, and are creating further obstacles in the European Council now that new solutions are needed.

Car companies: Pursued self-interest to the maximum extent they could, in ways that harm public health, and which are now inflicting massive reputational and financial damage on themselves.

Consumer advocate Monique Goyens, of BEUC, says “We’ve seen the extent of efforts by Volkswagen, government authorities and courts to compensate affected car owners in the U.S. but in Europe … EU consumers have been cheated on and deserve adequate compensation.” Energy Pro: http://politi.co/24xL8Hz

ECB — NO NEW COUNTRIES READY TO JOIN THE EURO: None of the seven countries legally obliged to join the euro currency meet the necessary conditions, said the European Central Bank in its 2016 convergence report published Tuesday.

READING BETWEEN THE LINES: The fact is, none of the countries are trying to join the euro, though they have a legal obligation to do so. “No member state fulfils the exchange rate criterion, as none of them are a member of the Exchange Rate Mechanism (ERM II),” the Commission admits. The countries in question are Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Croatia, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and Sweden. Silvia Sciorilli Borrelli http://politi.co/25L1Clr

COMMISSION — ‘HEAD OF UNIT’ MIDDLE MANAGERS WILL BE FORCED TO ROTATE: There are several hundred middle managers in the Commission, and they will now be required to change policy fields at least once every ten years. The new requirement is part of an effort to reward general managerial competence, and to shake up stale thinking around the institution. Nicholas Hirst and Quentin Ariès. http://politi.co/1U5EjKv

COMMISSION – 11 TRANSPORT MINISTERS COMPLAIN ABOUT GERMAN & FRENCH PROTECTIONISM: Central and Eastern Europeans, plus Malta, said the big EU countries are abusing their right to enforce a national minimum wage. They say the wages levels are being forced onto truck drivers merely transiting through their countries, in addition to creating an “enormous administrative burden and costs for hauliers.”

The Commission tells Playbook: “Social dumping has no place here,” but German and French enforcement “may go beyond what is necessary, and risk fragmenting the internal market.” The Commission is now considering whether to take Germany to court after compromise talk broke down. They still hold out hope that France may comply with EU rules.

** Günther Oettinger, European Commissioner for the Digital Economy & Society, headlines our first Morgen Europa Live event on Tuesday, June 14 at Concert Noble in Brussels. The event, presented by Huawei, will start at 6.55 PM. Join the conversation @EventsPOLITICO and tweet using #MorgenEuropa. To find out more, visit http://politi.co/1PfYJBE**

PARLIAMENT — ONE YEAR DELAY UNTIL NEW FINANCIAL MARKET LAW ‘MiFID II’ APPROVED: These new equity trading and transparency rules will now enter into force on January 3, 2018. The Council of Ministers must still rubber-stamp the deal, which already have a political seal of approval.

PARLIAMENT — 600 MEPS SAY SUPERMARKETS AND OTHERS ARE EXPLOITING FARMERS: The European Parliament adopted a report calling for stricter rules on unfair trading practices in the food chain during a plenary session Tuesday. Unfair practices happen in every supply chain, however, the problem is particularly acute in the food chain and needs to be “urgently addressed,” the report says. Farmers complain that buyers delay payments, suddenly change contractual terms and push for ever-lower prices. They want the Commission to scrutinize unfair trading practices in the food chain, which they say are especially damaging while commodity prices stay low. http://politi.co/1tg0fdx

PARLIAMENT PRESS RELEASE OF THE DAY: “The EU cannot lose the space battle,” from the center-right EPP group. We’re not sure who forgot to tell them about 1969 and all that, but Playbook appreciates their earnest interest in commercial space opportunities. http://bit.ly/1tg15Hp

SPAIN — ALBERT RIVERA’S WAKE-UP CALL: “It’s intolerable for Spain’s government to be under suspicion of corruption, because that feeds populism,” he told POLITICO. And he’s no longer chummy with the Podemos brand of populism, which seems set to edge him out at the polls on June 26. Stephen Brown reports: http://politi.co/1X9v5k2

BREXIT ROUND-UP …

5 TAKEAWAYS FROM THE CAMERON-FARAGE DEBATE: On balance, it was a good night for Remain, write Alex Spence and Tom McTague. “While Cameron did not come close to landing a knockout blow, he successfully jabbed away at the Leave campaign’s weak spots on economic uncertainty while avoiding taking any major blows himself … While Farage performed perfectly admirably, it is hard to avoid the conclusion that having him make the Brexit case was a bonus for Remain. Regardless of his popularity among some, the UKIP leader is a divisive figure in British politics.” http://politi.co/1ZwiJAq

Looking for signals on Brexit vote? Try złoty and forint trading: “Investors betting on Brexit may want to keep an eye on Eastern European currencies, because Poland and Hungary stand to lose a bulwark of financial and political support from a British departure from the European Union.” Lyubov Pronina http://bloom.bg/1PFl3EV

CROATIA — PM FACES NO CONFIDENCE VOTE: Tihomir Orešković’s future hangs in the balance after the largest party in the governing coalition on Tuesday announced plans to call a no-confidence vote in his leadership. “The government is dysfunctional,” Deputy Prime Minister Tomislav Karamarko said. http://politi.co/1TU9IgF

TURKEY — ISTANBUL BOMBING: A car bomb ripped through a police bus in central Istanbul during the morning rush hour on Tuesday, killing 11 people and wounding 36 near the main tourist district, a major university and the mayor’s office. http://reut.rs/1WD0hrO

ARMENIAN GENOCIDE FOLLOW-UP: Following the German parliament’s vote to recognize the mass killings of Armenians in 1915 as genocide, Playbook noted that the EU tends to shy away from using the term ‘genocide.’ In that context, Lidia Gromadzka points out that while that is true of the European Commission, the European Parliament has twice voted to recognize the events as genocide, once in 1987 and once in 2015. http://bit.ly/28hcPsK

US 2016 …

CLINTON CLAIMS NOMINATION: Hillary Clinton triumphantly claimed the Democratic nomination for president overnight, calling for party unity to stop Donald Trump as she became the first woman in U.S. history to lead a major-party ticket. “Thanks to you, we’ve reached a milestone, the first time in our nation’s history that a woman will be a major party’s nominee,” she announced to thunderous applause at her Brooklyn headquarters. Clinton has so far racked up wins in New Jersey, New Mexico, Montana and South Dakota overnight. The last-updated delegate count: Hillary Clinton: 2,484 (includes 571 superdelegates), Bernie Sanders: 1,650 (includes 48 superdelegates). http://politi.co/1Uo7nuh

CLINTON: ‘HISTORY MADE.’ Hillary Clinton reveled in her historic title as the first woman to clinch a major political party’s presidential nomination. The Democratic front-runner changed her Twitter avatar to a black-and-white portrait of herself looking up, with blue text highlighting that she made history on June 7. http://bit.ly/1X9wffm

US 2016 — LEADER OF EPISCOPALIAN CHURCH CONDEMNS TRUMP: The Archbishop of Canterbury, leader of the Anglican Communion, to which rough three million Episcopalians in the U.S. belong, has joined Pope Francis in strongly criticizing Republican presidential contender Donald Trump, at a hearing in the British parliament. Tom McTague http://politi.co/1Udeiu1

US 2016 — TRUMP HATES THE PRESS, EXCEPT WHEN HE LOVES IT: The love can sometimes be for moguls rather than reporters, but “far from seeking war with reporters, Trump has generally been very cozy with them,” Jack Shafer writes in his latest for POLITICO. http://politi.co/1ZsYDXS

$5,000 A DAY TO TRAVEL WITH TRUMP: Hadas Gold reports in POLITICO’s Morning Media newsletter that journalists were billed$21,000 per passenger for a four-day set of press trips to and around California last week. A Trump source blamed the high bill on some outlets reserving spaces and then backing out.

SPORT — THE POLITICS BEHIND THE EURO: “If you think Europe today is a funny old place, ridden with outlandish politics, remember that the continent has been even wackier,” writes Tunku Varadarajan. “In the inaugural European Nations Cup of 1960 — the precursor of what is now the UEFA European Championship — only four teams played in the final phase in France, three of them from the Communist bloc. England (which was then taken seriously on a football pitch, oddly enough), Italy and West Germany didn’t bother to participate, and General Franco’s Spain gave the Soviet Union a walk-over in the qualifiers rather than share a field with a bunch of reds.” http://politi.co/216Q59s

HAPPENING TOMORROW: The next #BrusselsCalling media debate is taking place from 8:30 a.m. Thursday at the Brussels Press Club, Rue Froissart 95. The topic is the antitrust beat, one of the most competitive in town. The speakers are Lewis Crofts of MLEX, Christian Oliver (leaving FT and arriving at POLITICO), Natalia Drozdiak (WSJ) and Alexander Pigman (AFP). Victoria Main, formerly of Reuters, AFX and AFP, and now Cambre Associates, is moderating.

SAVE THE DATE: European summit of the regions will be held July 8-9 in Bratislava, it’s co-organized by the EU’s Committee of the Regions and the Slovak EU presidency. One of the keynotes will be delivered by Jeremy Rifkin. Agenda here: http://bit.ly/1rc4wwC

**A message from the EPP Group: “We want Mossack Fonseca and the Panama government to testify in Parliament”, says Burkhard Balz, the senior EPP Group MEP whose draft mandate became the basis for the Panama Papers Inquiry Committee which Parliament establishes today. The MEPs that will sit on the committee will be decided on 23 June. #taxfairness